1 Timothy 4:5

for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

In Context

4For every creature of God is good, and none to be rejected, if used with thanksgiving:

6If thou suggest these truths to the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and sound doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

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Cross References

Luke 4:4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”

1 Corinthians 7:14For the husband that believeth not is sanctified by the wife, and the wife who believeth not is sanctified by the husband: else indeed your children were unclean, but now are they holy.

Titus 1:15All things indeed are clean to the clean: but to the defiled and to the unbelievers there is nothing clean; but their very mind and conscience are defiled.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:2-6

Apostasy Foretold; Christian Liberty. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be… Read the whole commentary →

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